"
Really?!" she exclaimed. "
I was expecting something different..." Disappointment was reflected on her beautiful face with a frown.
It had nothing to do with her disappointment, but this other girl's accent seemed very familiar to her. Where had she heard it before?
She paid attention to the tray of shots that the bartender brought her. It was a full tray, maybe with a dozen of those little drinks, and perhaps he gave them to her so she wouldn't ask for them so constantly. Either that or it was on the house.
She offered Kyra one if she wanted; after all, they had brought her several.
Gabriel hoped her companion was wrong, because unlike her, the British woman had come looking for something different from a rehearsed round of fetishistic wrestling. She wanted to see something more lively and, if possible, participate in some way. What kind of reconnaissance mission has no action or anything valuable to steal? She travelled all this way. She wants to at least take it out on someone for having to sit around for hours!
Gabriel stared into space angrily for a moment before shaking her head and returning to reality; at least she had met someone nice. Why not enjoy her company? The Royal Viper was already here, and maybe she could even accompany her on her journey. And it wasn't nice to tune out like that in the middle of a conversation.
"
Well... are you planning on staying here for a long time?" she muttered, cheering herself up with a shot. "
Because... see: there's a place further down the road that—"
"Hey guys!"
A man climbed onto the ring, grabbed the suspended microphone and banged an empty alcohol jug with a knife.
"Today I need to ask you... Who wants some wrestling?!"
The crowd cheered the idea loudly. Gabriel felt small in the face of such euphoria, looking from side to side and at Kyra as if the idea that she herself was thinking about it wasn't just a dream, and her heart beat eagerly as if that possibility grew bigger as this guy talked.
"Well, as always, we would have a girl from the bar up here, but she hasn't shown up today."
A boo was heard.
"However, we must continue with the night, right?"
The rejection was mitigated.
"So, who among you wants to get in the ring for £2000 and all the drinks you can drink?"
Gabriel's neck stretched out, more than interested, but not yet convinced.
"Preferably girls, sweethearts, we don't want any boys getting hurt~."
He joked as checked the rest of the notes in his pocket.
That won Gabriel over.
"
Well... it was very nice to meet you, Kyra." Vinlee slid her fingers across her chin, lifted Kyra's face and brought it closer to give her a peck on the cheek. One of those kisses that glide across the skin, making it tingle because of how slow and affectionate they are.
"
I hope to see you when I'm done, sweetheart." she whispered in her ear, and with that said, she jumped off the bench and hopped like Little Red Riding Hood towards the ring.
The crowd cheered her on as she slid onto the apron, rolled and leaned on one knee.
"Oh! HOHO! Do we have our first one?" The guy followed her with his eyes.
"Do you have a name, sweetheart?"
Gabriel ignored him, going straight to the ropes, strutting like only a model can while sliding her jacket off her shoulders. She stood on the lower rope and bent her toned, beautiful abdomen over the rope, hanging the leather garment between two of her fingers, while the world whistled at her, loving and obsessed with her. The British woman twirled it around before throwing it towards the bartender. Thousands of hands went up, and only the guy who wasn't interested caught it in his face.
Her idea was for him to take care of it; he, on the other hand, thought it was his tip.
Gabriel longed for that to be enough to encourage some girl to challenge her; if not, then too bad. This would be the first time she had tried to encourage the audience, and she had done so without getting the result she wanted.
Then, the blonde sat down on the tensioner in the middle of the corner, hanging her arms as she remembered that, in fact, this announcer had spoken to her recently, so she responded by shaking her head.
"Oh, I see, you're one of the quiet ones, aren't you? Those are the dangerous ones..." Rolling his eyes towards her audience, he continued.
"Well, is there anyone else brave enough, or should I choose myself, ladies and gentlemen?"